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Some Arkansans are still trying to defeat the lottery.

Posted by Brett Kincaid on November 2, 2009

When will they learn that almost 2/3 of the state’s voters last November voted for the lottery?  I’ve always thought Rick Green was a pretty good, smart legislator.  This one has me scratching my head, though.  Perhaps he’s an economist, and I just don’t know it.

With the state facing $100 million in budget cuts because of a revenue downturn, some legislators are wondering whether the new state lottery could be making a bad situation worse.“My concerns right now are, how do the lottery sales affect the revenue for the state that we’re currently seeing a downturn in?” said state Rep. Rick Green, R-Van Buren.

 

 

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